A study of more than fifty organizations in Baltimore with income from $1 million to $50 million shows that close to 90% rely on just one line on the Form 990 for more than half their income. Even more notable: the lion's share of private contributions go to organizations that make private contributions their primary source of income.

Before a corporate restructuring of the nonprofit student loan servicing organization, Tony Hollin claimed to work fifty hours a week from two different subsidiaries. But he isn't alone in the student loan industry.

Senator Arlen Specter questions Matt Peskin's pay, which exceeds his own as a US Senator, in the face of caps set on salaries paid under Federal grants. But Mr. Peskin says it's none of the government's business, because it's paid for by T-shirt sales, not government grants.